Wessex (ˈwɛsɪks) n 1.(Placename) an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in S and SW England that became the most powerful English kingdom by the 10th century ad 2.(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a.(in Thomas Hardy's works) the southwestern counties of England, esp Dorset ...
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ofWessex, Sussex remained subject to his successor, Ine (688–726). By 771, Offa ofMerciahad conquered all the marginal kingdoms (including Sussex) into which the South Saxons were divided. They remained under Mercia until joined with other eastern states in submitting to Egbert of Wessex in...
Sussex, kingdom of,one of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy (seven kingdoms) in England, located S of the Weald. It was settled in the late 5th cent. (according to tradition in 477) by Saxons under Ælle, who defeated the Celts in several battles and established a brief military supremacy. L...
on this topic is rampant, in large part due to chroniclers' tendency to wildly exaggerate the numbers of enemy armies and the tally of the dead (Evans, p. 27). The size of thecomitatusis put into sharp perspective when one examines the law code of Ine of Wessex at 13.1, which states...
Cerdic and Cynric, the Saxon leaders, were definitely historical characters, but they were the founders of WESSEX in the south of England and had nothing to do with the Saxon invasion north of the wall when the Northumbrian kingdom was established.Totally wrong and misleading elements: Even the...
Muchelney Abbey on the Somerset Levels was founded by the Saxon Kings of Wessex. Unfortunately it is impossible to be precise about which one, as some of the charters granting land to Muchelney are medieval forgeries. Evidence does suggest that King Ine of Wessex founded the abbey and then Ki...
Britons and Saxons In Pre-Viking Wessex: Reflections on the Law 77 of King Ine Britons and Saxons In Pre-Viking Wessex: Reflections on the Law 77 of King Ine1 Martin Grimmer According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Saxons arrived in the south of Britain in the third quarter of the fifth...
Modron has also been identified as being the wife of Uryen Rheged (Urien) and the mother of Owain (Yvain). Later legends said that Arthur had three half-sisters: Morgawse, Elaine (Blasine) and Morgan le Fay. Morgawse married King Lot of Orkney, Elaine (Blasine) was married to King ...
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